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Dr. Kate Coyer contributes to OSCE workshop
VOX-Pol’s Dr. Kate Coyer, also Director of the Center for Media and Communication Studies at Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary participated in the “Media Freedom and Responsibilities...
View ArticlePressuring Platforms to Censor Content is Wrong Approach to Combatting Terrorism
By Scott Craig and Emma Llansó The UK government has published a new counter-extremism strategy outlining the steps it intends to take to counter extremist ideologies in British society. In an...
View ArticleVOX-Pol participates in ISA Annual Convention 2016 in Atlanta
Researchers from VOX-Pol Coordinator institution Dublin City University made a series of contributions at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, which...
View ArticleOn social media, ISIS uses modern cultural images to spread anti-modern values
By Javier Lesaca The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has emerged in less than two years as one of the major security challenges for the global community. At the same time, this terrorist group has...
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Measuring the impact of your online counter or alternative narrative campaign...
The Radicalisation Awareness Network’s (RAN) Communications & Narratives’ Working Group meeting on 13 and 14 February, 2017 in Brussels focused on how to measure the impact of an online counter or...
View ArticlePaths to Radicalism and Extremism
This Blog post is a product of the ESRC-funded Youth Extremisms Research Seminar Series. By Prof. Hilary Pilkington Following significant electoral successes for populist radical right parties and...
View ArticleTerrorist Use of the Internet by the Numbers: Part II – Quantifying...
This post is Part 2 of 3; Part I is HERE. Background Last week’s post—part I of three in this series—presented findings on convicted UK terrorists’ online behaviours from a large scale analysis based...
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The UK Extreme Right on Twitter: Restricting Access to Extremist Content Online
By Lorand Bodo In recent years, governments and companies have had to respond to the phenomenon of terrorists and other violent extremists using the Internet, especially social media platforms, to...
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Reverse-Engineering the ISIS Playbook, Part I: CT-CVE Messaging Lessons from...
By Haroro J. Ingram & Alastair Reed The challenges associated with confronting militant Islamist propaganda have not waned with the territorial demise of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Sure,...
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VOX-Pol Researcher Presents at United Nations Security Council...
On 29 May, 2018, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (UN CTC) held an open meeting with the support of the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) on the topic...
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Counter-Terrorism Police Are Now Training with Virtual Terrorists
By Jonathan Saunders What if you could save an airport from terrorists, escape insurgents in South Sudan, and rescue civilians in an underground station all in one morning? With modern technology, the...
View Article“Yes, I Can”: The Role of Perceived Self-Efficacy in Violent Radicalisation...
By Linda Schlegel & Till Baaken In recent years, radicalisation, its causes and facilitating conditions as well as possible counter-strategies have been widely discussed within the academic...
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VOX-Pol at Europol Terrorism Conference 2019
VOX-Pol had considerable involvement in this week’s Europol conference on ‘Terrorism Evolving: Insights from Research.’ The two-day conference took place on Tuesday and Wednesday at Europol’s...
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Understanding the Human Rights Risks Associated with Internet Referral Units
By Jason Pielemeier and Chris Sheehy Since 2010, a small number of European governments have created formal, government structures for flagging alleged terrorist content directly to companies for...
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